Price marker



June 12, 1923. 1,458,705

M. HOPP ET AL PRICE MARKER Filed July 19, 1922 zx im l m/ l/E/VTOHS Patented June 12, 1923.

UNITED s'ra'rss MAX'HOIPP AND MAX LEVINE, or NEW YORK, N. Y.

PRICE MA KER.

Application filed July 19, 1922. .SerialNo. 575,985.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, MAx Horr and MAX LEVINE, both citizens of the United States, residing, respectively, at New York, county and State of New York, and the Bronx, county of Bronx, and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Price Markers, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to display apparatus and has particular reference to changeable signs or exhibitors.

Among the objectsof the invention is to provide a simply and cheaply constructed mechanical device for the purpose of indicating the price mark of any commodity on sale in a store or shop, the device including one or more movable or shiftable strips or carriers on which are printed or otherwise placed selective numerals or characters, having in view the indication of any selective price according to the article or commodity. lVhile we refer to indication of price marks on store goods as the particular purpose for the invention we wish it to be understood that the same exhibitor, with but slight variation if any, may be employed for giving other indications of a changeable nature.

Another object of the invention isto provide a price marker of a self-contained nature, the same being adapted tostand erect upon any horizontal surface, to be held positively in erect or display position by means of a weight placed upon a portionthereof, or to be fastened in place by a pointed fastening device in connection with package goods such as bags of flour, sugar, etc., in a grocery store, or piece goods or the like in a dry goods store.

With'the foregoing and other ob ects in view the invention consistsin the arrange ment and combination of parts hereinafter described and claimed, and while the invention is not restricted to the exact details of construction disclosed or suggested herein, still for the purpose of illustrating a. practical embodiment thereof reference is had to the accompanying drawings, in which like reference characters designate the same parts in the several views, and in which- Figure 1 is a front elevation.

Fig. 2 is a vertical section on the line 2-2 of Fig. 1.

Fig. 3 is a rear elevation.

Fig. 4 is a horizontal section on the line l--4 of Fig. 1.

Fig. 5 is a plan View of the blank before it form and composed of two substantially equal or similar portions each having a win dow 11 formed thereon. Each window is indlcated as provided with a cross-bar 12,

making in effect two openings or windows- The window of one-half of the body is directly opposite the corresponding window of the other portion for the sake of symmetry and best appearance. I

As above indicated this body structure is i stamped or otherwise formed from a single piece of sheet material such as metal and in v the vertical central portion thereof is formed a rib 13 folded or bent upon itself on .the line 14- and the rib structure is connected to the face portions of the body along the lines 15. The rib thus formed not only affords stiffness for the body but also constitutes supporting means as will soon appear, the rib being perforated at 16 forming bearings.

The side edges of the body consist of stiffening flanges 17 each of which is punched or otherwise formed with hearing holes 18, the bearing holes of each flange being in horizontalalignment with certain of the holes l6of the rib. Extending rearward from the top of the face are fianges'l9, which form a cover or hood for the movable device soon to be described, and at the bottom are arranged two base or foot members 20 bent at an angle to the main portion of the body and upon which the device is normally supported. These foot members are provided with one or more holes 21.

In each pair of bearing holes 16 and 18 is journaled a roller 22 comprising two leg portions having a normal tendency to spring apart. The holes 16 are larger in diameter than the holes 18. In assembling the device aroller is first projected. through the outer hole 18 anda washer 23 is slipped thereon and lies eventually, against the inner surface of the adjacent side flange 17. This washer is close fitting and holds the two legs of the roller in close contact adjacentthereto. The

diagrams indicating a opposite bearing hole 16, being larger, al-

I lowsthe free ends of the legs to spring apart slightly.

For each of the Windows 11 is provided a vertically adjustable strip of flexible material constituting a numeral or character carrier 24:. The upper end of each carrier is threaded through the upper opening of a or both of the rollers except the section there of that extends between the rollers and through the window in front of the cross-bar 12. Each carrier may be regarded as consisting of as many sections as there are independent numerals or price characters. It will be understood that the two character carriers co-operate with each other so that any desired price indication from 1. to 99. may be displayed, making proper adjustment of the carriers up or down. The adjustment is effected by the turning of either roller according to the direction of movement of the strip, the turning being done by manipulation of the headportion 25 on the outside of the side flange 17. While one roller winds the carrier thereon the other roller Will be turned by the carrier as it pays off therefrom.

As suggested at the lower end of Fig. 7

at 24 a portion of the carrier sections may be of a composite nature such as for gb.

so that by the proper adjustment of the strip or carrier on the left the designatioii may read 2 'f0r.5., 3 for 5., 7 for10., etc.

As indicated in Fig. 2 in dot and dash lines the device may be held positively" in erect position by the standing of an article such as a can of fruit C, which stands upon the feet holding the same against thetop of the shelf, or a pointedfastener such as a staple 26v may be projected downward through the holes 21 for fastening the device to a bag of flour or the like, thus constituting another way of holding the device positively. In connection with the crossbars 12 it will be noted that the carriers are thereby held forward and in steady position for the best effect for reading.

The construction will be observed to be unusually cheap and easy to manufacture, being stamped preferably from a single sheet of metal or the like and bent into the form shown. The carriers are easily attached to the rollers, and through the latter are easily adjusted. A shop or store keeper supplied with these devices may not only indicate the price marks of his sei "er'al commodities easily and plainly but he also may readily change the price indication from time to time may be desirable.

We claim: 1

1. In a price marker, a body having a window, said body being provided with rearwardly projecting stiffening members having pairs of aligned bearing'holes, one hole of each pair being larger than the other, a pair of parallel rollers jour'naled in said holes opposite the ends of the window and back of the same, each roller comprising two leg portions. fitted close together in one of said holes and sprung apart in the other of said holes, and a carrier for price characters attached to said rollers and adjustable end- Wise along the window to bring any selected section of the carrier in position to be visible at the window.

2. In a price marker, a body of stiff sheet material shaped to include a central stiffening rib bent upon itself and at right angles to the'inain portion of thebo'dy, said ribbeing formed with bearing holes, side flanges parallel to said rib, pairs of rollers journa-led in the side flanges and said rib holes, the body being formed with windows, and a pair of numeral carriers adjustable lengthwise along said Windows and having their ends connected to said rollers. 1

In testimony whereof we affix our signatures.

MAX HOPP. MAX LEVINE. 

